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About markweiss86

Mark Weiss, founder of Plastic Alto blog, is a concert promoter and artist manager in Palo Alto, as Earthwise Productions, with background as journalist, advertising copywriter, book store returns desk, college radio producer, city council and commissions candidate, high school basketball player, and blogger; he also sang in local choir, fronts an Allen Ginsberg tribute Beat Hotel Rm 32 Reads 'Howl' and owns a couple musical instruments he cannot play

Veterans’ art in Palo Alto

Posted on April 3, 2014 by markweiss86

See also “Full Plastic Jacket” my interview with Ehren Tool, June, 2014, with photos. The Palo Alto Art Center is hosting a show on veterans’ art, featuring the ceramicist Ehren Tool. Here is their description of his work, although the … Continue reading →

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Wah-hoo-wah to Mindy and her wah-hoo-wah

Posted on April 2, 2014 by markweiss86

The inside joke about the Sploderzz execs and one of the docs all being Dartmouth grads is that Mindy Kaling herself is an alumna. Nobody from Dartmouth would, as the characters do, refer to each other as “fellow D-bags”, however. … Continue reading →

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Wangechi Mutu visual artist

Posted on April 1, 2014 by markweiss86

This looks interesting. There are several other longer videos in the cloud, plus a review by Holland Cotter of the Times (getting my 50 cents a day worth). I found this because Anne Makepeace did a short film on her. … Continue reading →

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Palo Alto’s Million JRU March Towards a Jazz State

Posted on April 1, 2014 by markweiss86

Palo Alto’s Million JRU March Towards a Jazz State: Or, Reap This Roseman Riff There was this dude sitting a few tables away one relatively quiet late morning at Palo Alto’s Printers Inc café, where I had been a regular … Continue reading →

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From our files: Cake v. Lake (at Coupa)

Posted on March 31, 2014 by markweiss86

Cake’s version of “I Will Survive”, heard above the din as I sat in our most popular cafe enjoying my lunch, rerouted my train of thoughts from about five other topics to the fact that I am carrying around in … Continue reading →

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ruth weiss, Harold Norse and me

Posted on March 31, 2014 by markweiss86

Although I do have a picture of an old Hal “Prince Hal” Newhouser baseball card in my little digital menagerie, and the recent Sore Dove broadside by Jack Hirschman has a baseball theme, “Prince Hal” is probably more likely the … Continue reading →

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New Orleans piano etouffee

Posted on March 31, 2014 by markweiss86

great piano players rarely play together, except in New Orleans, Plastic Alto or Stevenson Palfi’s heaven Continue reading →

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Eric Cohen walking canvas

Posted on March 29, 2014 by markweiss86

Eric Cohen is a Los Angeles-based member of the Screen Actors Guild, who you can spot in numerous films. although you kinda have to look for him. He and his twin brother Steven sometimes appeared in my concert series at … Continue reading →

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Flat Stanley, Stanley Jordan, Christopher Tin and Sandra Bae

Posted on March 29, 2014 by markweiss86

Brian Moore and Liam Moore, from Springfield, IL, called me this morning to check on their friend Flat Stanley. I texted a photo of Flat Stanley, myself, and Mayor of Palo Alto Nancy Shepherd back to them. But I had … Continue reading →

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My precious Stargell and frank funk

Posted on March 27, 2014 by markweiss86

We used to ride our bicycles the mile or so from our neighborhood to the five and dime in Saratoga Village, to pay 10 cents for Topps 1972 baseball cards — ten cards and a stick of not very tasty … Continue reading →

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